Horse Racing

The new training combination of Lee Freedman and Graeme Rogerson will be heading to Scone on Saturday in search of their first winner together when they saddle up top class race mare Lady Lynette.

The winner of fourteen races and over $1m in prizemoney, Lady Lynette was purchased by Gerry Harvey for $270,000 and handed…

Premiership winning trainer Robert Heathcote is confident he has his stable star Buffering back on track for the Group 1 $650,000 Carlton Mid Doomben 10,000 (1350m) at Doomben next Saturday.

Today was the first time Buffering was able to do any serious work since being an early morning race day scratching because of a hoof…

English trainer Eve Johnson Houghton is keen to line up The Cheka against super mare Black Caviar at Royal Ascot after finishing second in the Group 2 Duke Of York Stakes (1200m) at York in England yesterday.

But even tough she considers her charge to be a top line sprinter, she has no illusions of…

Injury plagued Wealth Princess will line up at Doomben on Saturday for only the second time in almost two years after suffering a serious tendon injury.

The former New Zealand trained mare is now prepared by Darren Weir and the Group 3 $150,000 Glenlogan Park Stakes (1350m) (F&M) will be her second start for the…

Jockey Blake Shinn is free to ride at the two day Scone Carnival on Friday and Saturday but is set to miss the Brisbane Winter Carnival after being suspended for six weeks by Racing New South Wales Stewards at Canterbury yesterday.

Shinn was found guilty of a charge of improper riding in that at the…

Jockey Jeff Lloyd will make his return to Australian racing at Doomben on Saturday, setting up his new base at the Gold Coast.

The South African jockey leaves Hong Kong after a three year stint and has ridden twenty-six winners this season in a tough competitive riding environment.

Lloyd, who has ridden over 4,500 winners…

Gai Waterhouse will give two year old Betrayal his chance to prove himself in top company and will head to Brisbane after winning the NMW Airr Handicap (1250m) for two year olds at Canterbury today.

Betrayal was the second leg of a winning double for Waterhouse as she continues to chase down leading trainer Chris…

Doomben Cup favourite Manighar  pleased trainer Peter Moody with a solid workout yesterday morning, rounding off his preparation for the Group 1 $500,000 Kirks Doomben Cup  (2000m) at Doomben.

Moody was on hand at Doomben to watch the multiple Group 1 winning Manighar go through his paces and he worked strongly to the line at…

The prospects of Buffering taking his place in next week’s Group 1 $650,000 WFA Carlton Mid Doomben 10,000 (1350m) at Doomben were boosted with trainer Robert Heathcote revealing that the four year old is finally on the mend from a hoof  injury.

Buffering, who is one of twenty-two first acceptors for the Doomben 10,000, was…

Anthony Freedman is hoping for clear skies leading up to Doomben on Saturday to give his German import  Mawingo every chance to produce his best in the Group 1 $500,000 WFA Kirks Doomben Cup  (2000m).

Freedman was more than happy with Mawingo’s run in the Group 2 $300,000 Gold Coast Turf Club A D Hollindale…